Smartphones

As Motorola's successful Moto G line enters its third generation, you might be wondering exactly what has changed on the hardware side over the year. The Moto G has always been about finely-balanced hardware and software, and as smartphone technology has progressed we're seeing ever more impressive internals in affordable phones like the G.

Sometimes things are as clear as mud when a smartphone launches. And a couple of the more important points surrounding the new Moto X — aka the Moto X Style or Pure Edition, depending on where you live — was the victim of a bit of this confusion.
So let's clear things up. As it stands, this is where you'll be able able to buy the new Moto X, whatever its called.

With the introduction of the Moto X Style and the Moto X Play we're now three generations into the Moto X family, which has brought some of the most simple yet solid smartphones to the Android ecosystem. Here's a breakdown of how each of the four phones compare — from the first generation in 2013 to the most recently announced models.
Moto X 2013
Moto X 2014
Moto X Style
Moto X Play...

Every phone gets compared to the iPhone, and for good reason, so we're going to do that with the Moto X Style. Motorola's making the comparison, so why not? These two phones are about as different as they could be while still being smartphones, so let's get right to it.

Android smartphones are judged on a huge number of variables, and depending on who you ask all of them have significance in weighting the purchase of a new phone. This is one of the struggles faced by OnePlus right now. Its latest smartphone, the OnePlus 2, has a lot of great things going for it. To call it the "2016 Flagship Killer" is probably a stretch, even if all the company is referencing...

The Moto G 2015 is now official — and available — and here is where you can buy one. Motorola's latest budget phone packs quite a mean punch for an affordable price, and is likely to be something that will interest many. Featuring a 5-inch 1280x720 display, the phone is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor clocked at 1.4GHz, with 1GB or 2GB of RAM depending on which model...

Motorola surprised us today by introducing not two, but three new smartphones, with the Moto X Style standing as their new flagship. It's a big phone, physically and in aspiration. Where the previous generations of Moto X have been well-regarded but always offered a critical flaw, Motorola's pulling out all the stops with the Moto X Style.

Motorola held a much-anticipated event, and blew the doors off with some great announcements.Three new phones — the Moto X Style, Moto X Play and Moto G 2015 — made their debut, each bringing something interesting to the table, and Motorola even managed to release a couple accessories at the same time. Feel like you missed something? Don't worry, we have you covered right here.

Motorola's going all out with Moto Maker again for the new Moto X Style, offering a colorful range of grippy rubber silicone backs and a few selections of wood and leather.
The natural materials aren't anything new for Motorola — they offered wood backs on the first Moto X and leather for last year's but for the Style they're bringing a bit more texture across the board. The walnut has a bit...

Moto's latest affordable wonder could be the phone to beat at the sub-$200 price point.
It's easy to think of the Moto X — or as it is now, the Moto X series — as the Motorola "flagship." In a lot of ways, though, the mid-priced Moto G is far more important to the company since its rebirth under Google's guidance in 2013. The Moto G continues to be Moto's biggest-selling model, thanks to...

Motorola updated the Moto G to a 2015 model, sticking to the same model that has served it so well in the previous generations. You're getting a lot of bang for your buck here with solid specs, SD card support, Lollipop on board and capable camera specs.

Launched alongside the new Moto X Style, the Moto X Play is a slightly lower-end model destined for Europe, Latin America and Canada that has its own draws. It doesn't have all of the highest-end internals compared to the X Style, but it does offer many of the same features and a larger battery.

So you're Motorola. You've made a couple of beloved (if imperfect) Android smartphones over the past two years, part of a major rebirth of the company itself. Meanwhile, you've been sold to Chinese manufacturer Lenovo, and still have to contend with two major players in Samsung and LG.
Anyone who thought Motorola would disappear into the Lenovo portfolio after being acquired by the Chinese...

With the Moto G 2015 now officially official, we've got our hands on Moto's latest affordable handset, and we're starting to put it through its paces. We'll have full hands-on coverage for you soon; in the meantime check out our hands-on photo gallery for a look at this new, more stylish, more customizable Moto G.

Motorola threw a little bit of a curveball when refreshing its Moto X line, giving us two devices instead of one. The higher-end of the two is the Moto X Style, packing lots of high-end specs and a larger size than last year, with some subtle design changes as well. It still offers Moto Maker customization, as you'd expect, and in the U.S. it'll be available as a Pure Edition with no carrier...

At its international launch events today, Motorola has taken the wraps off the latest entry in its affordable Moto G series of phones, the Moto G 2015. The newest Moto G is available starting today, and brings upgraded internals and a refreshed design language. It's powered by a 64-bit Snapdragon 410 processor with 1 or 2 gigabytes of RAM, while both front and rear cameras have been upgraded,...

At a media event in New Delhi, Motorola unveiled the Moto G 2015. The phone features upgraded hardware in the form of a 5-inch 720p display, quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC, microSD slot, 13MP camera (the same sensor used on the Nexus 6) offering dual-tone flash and a f/2.0 lens, 5MP front camera, LTE connectivity and a 2,470mAh battery. One major addition with this year's model is the IPX7...